TY - JOUR
T1 - Escaping the patent trolls
T2 - 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2022: A Hybrid Experience, AOM 2022
AU - Huang, Kenneth G.
AU - Li, Mei-Xuan
AU - Shen, Carl Hsin-Han
AU - Wang, Yanzhi (Andrew)
PY - 2022/7/6
Y1 - 2022/7/6
N2 - Non-practicing entities (NPEs) are firms that build patent portfolios but do not implement the patented technologies in any products, processes, or services (known as patent trolls). NPEs initiate lawsuits primarily not to stop patent infringement, but for the potential monetary profits. We examine how firms shift their innovation strategies in response to heightened NPE litigation risks. We theorize and find that firms targeted by NPEs will subsequently draw more upon their in-house technologies to reduce the legal ground for such lawsuits, whereas firms in related technology areas will shift their innovation activities away from areas of high NPE litigation risks.
AB - Non-practicing entities (NPEs) are firms that build patent portfolios but do not implement the patented technologies in any products, processes, or services (known as patent trolls). NPEs initiate lawsuits primarily not to stop patent infringement, but for the potential monetary profits. We examine how firms shift their innovation strategies in response to heightened NPE litigation risks. We theorize and find that firms targeted by NPEs will subsequently draw more upon their in-house technologies to reduce the legal ground for such lawsuits, whereas firms in related technology areas will shift their innovation activities away from areas of high NPE litigation risks.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85176572843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.141
DO - 10.5465/AMBPP.2022.141
M3 - Meeting abstract
AN - SCOPUS:85176572843
SN - 2151-6561
VL - 2022
JO - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Y2 - 5 August 2022 through 9 August 2022
ER -